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How much money does the Environment Agency spend on maintaining designated main rivers?

Posted on November 25, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

How much public money (that is – your money) does the Environment Agency actually spend every year on maintaining the designated main rivers that are their responsibility?

By that I mean maintaining and/or improving the conveyance capacity of existing channels .  In this area (the River Thames at Windsor and on downstream to Teddington) I suspect that the answer is ‘tending towards zero’.  If I am wrong please let me know.

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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